The Pentagon made big news recently when it announced it was opening up more combat positions to women in the U.S. military. These 14,000 positions include tank mechanics and frontline intelligence officers. However, about one-fifth of active-duty military positions — including the infantry, combat tank units, and Special Operations commando units — will remain off-limits.

In the US armed forces there are already women in harm's way, but Santorum is still opposed to the idea. I can understand where he's coming from. How can a woman fire a machine gun, pilot a helicopter, or drive a truck while holding an aspirin between her knees?

I wonder how affirmative action will effect woman in combat. Will less qualified women be promoted over more qualified men to front line positions so the number of killed and maimed women follow more closely the number of killed and maimed men?

I can't believe that this is even a discussion. Ever taken a yoga class? Not many men have the endurance women do on that setting. It reminds me of WWII when the collective thoughts of 'Arkansas white boys' was that 'coloreds' would disrupt normal combat operations. I am male and will have any 'person' that gets through the Army Infantry School or Marine Corps boot in my fighting position any day.Airborne, All the Way !

Eventually, in some far off battle zone, a young woman "combat soldier" will get captured. An online video will subsequently appear of a group of terrorists gang raping the woman and then her battered and naked body being drug through some trash-ridden, bombed out street in some far away ghetto. No Democrat Commander-in-Chief will EVER be capable of making a decision to commit US combat forces to a foreign theater again, whether necessary or not. This is the cost of social engineering, only one reason having liberals in charge of the nation's armed forces is inherently dangerous.

Overtaxedtodeath wrote:Eventually, in some far off battle zone, a young woman "combat soldier" will get captured. An online video will subsequently appear of a group of terrorists gang raping the woman and then her battered and naked body being drug through some trash-ridden, bombed out street in some far away ghetto. No Democrat Commander-in-Chief will EVER be capable of making a decision to commit US combat forces to a foreign theater again, whether necessary or not. This is the cost of social engineering, only one reason having liberals in charge of the nation's armed forces is inherently dangerous.

Sad but true. A lot of young American girls are going to die to feed Nancy Pelosi's need to queen of the PC universe. (I hope it's worth it to her and her people)

If you are under 30, pay no taxes, have no kids and someone else pays your bills - you probably shouldn't be offering an opinion.